"Hancock" hits the Fourth of July holiday with $41.3 million in boxoffice loot already in the bank.

The Will Smith starrer grossed an estimated $17.1 million Thursday, following hauls of $17.4 million on its first official day in release in 3,965 locations Wednesday and $6.8 million from 3,680 "preview" playdates on Tuesday night.

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In its first full day of screenings Wednesday, Sony's "Hancock," starring Will Smith as a reprobate superhero, grossed $17.4 million in its 3,965 locations.

Having collected an additional $6.8 million from Tuesday night previews in 3,680 theaters, the movie's total from its first 1 1/2 days adds up to $24.2 million.

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HONG KONG -- A mansion that once belonged to Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee in Hong Kong might be preserved as a museum, giving belated recognition to one of the city's most famous sons, local media reported Thursday.

Billionaire philanthropist tycoon Yu Panglin had put Lee's two-story, 5,699-square-foot town house in an upscale leafy Kowloon suburb up for sale but later changed his mind, according to H more »

Ascent Media Group, the wholly owned subsidiary of John Malone's Discovery Holdings that encompasses a collection of postproduction and media services businesses, has launched a new brand while significantly restructuring its U.K. operations.

Newly named Ascent 142 will combine AMG's London-based postproduction units One Post and St. Anne's Post, DVD unit Stream and media-management services. With more »

Representatives of Steven Spielberg and the Indian conglomerate Reliance continue to talk daily about terms of a $1.5 billion proposal to fund a privately owned DreamWorks that would produce more than 30 films over the next five years.

Reliance executives are expected to hold sit-down talks with Spielberg reps soon in New York or Los Angeles, though things are going so well they might hold off fly more »

Sony's "Hancock" is being distributed in 4K for digital cinema, which has prompted some fresh discussion about the resolution.

For the Will Smith starrer, Sony created a 4K Digital Cinema Package, or DCP, which is the set of files that are compressed, encrypted and packaged for digital-cinema distribution. In digital distribution, the DCP essentially is the equivalent of the film print.

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Last weekend, like a lot of other moviegoers, Steve Martin's Inspector Clouseau lined up to buy a ticket to "WALL-E." He struggled several times to pronounce "I would like a ticket for 'WALL-E' " only to learn that the show was sold out. Undaunted, the intrepid inspector snuck into the theater, where he inadvertently sliced his way through the movie screen before tiptoeing offstage.

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John Madden is in negotiations to helm the Nazi-hunter thriller "The Debt" for Miramax.

Matthew Vaughn, director of Marvel Comics' upcoming "Thor," adapted the remake of the 2007 Israeli feature "HaHov" with writer Jane Goldman ("Stardust"). Vaughn, who will produce the project with Marv Films partner Kris Thykier, also is a partner with longtime collaborator Guy Ritchie in Ska Films ("Snatch"). more »

With actors working under a contract that expired a day earlier, SAG officials met Wednesday with studio reps for roughly four hours, discussing details of what the studios called their "final offer."

SAG insiders say the guild told the AMPTP that they needed more time to study the offer and that another similar session would be set next week.

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Dark Horse Entertainment, David Fincher and animation house Blur Studios are teaming up to bring cult comic "The Goon" to the movies as a CG-animated film.

Created by Eric Powell in 1999, the comic follows the adventures of a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for a feared mobster. The stories have a paranormal and comedic edge to them and concern ghosts, zombies, mad scie more »